Re: Booting problem with AMD Athlon

2000-01-24 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Alain Birtz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I recently bought Debian 2.1 and I tried to install it on my brand new PC. However I was not capable to make it to the installer. When I start from the CD-ROM, I see the boot: prompt, I hit return and then it starts loading stuff, like a normal boot

Booting problem with AMD Athlon

2000-01-21 Thread Alain Birtz
Hi, I recently bought Debian 2.1 and I tried to install it on my brand new PC. However I was not capable to make it to the installer. When I start from the CD-ROM, I see the boot: prompt, I hit return and then it starts loading stuff, like a normal boot does. However, when it arrives at the

Re: Booting problem with AMD Athlon

2000-01-21 Thread aphro
99% chance i the kernel on the Cd is not compadible with athlon, you need to make your own boot disk, or, if possible it would be easier to install on a non athlon, upgrade the kernel then move the HD back to the athlon. you need linux 2.2.13 to boot on athlon.(or newer) nate On Fri, 21 Jan

Re: Booting problem with AMD Athlon

2000-01-21 Thread Dave Blears
On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 03:51:35PM -0500, Alain Birtz wrote: Hi, I recently bought Debian 2.1 and I tried to install it on my brand new PC. However I was not capable to make it to the installer. When I start from the CD-ROM, I see the boot: prompt, I hit return and then it starts